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    Hi Stuart,<br>
    <br>
    have a look at <br>
    <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/cd_calendar.shtml">http://ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/cd_calendar.shtml</a><br>
    and how to use the string dates as the explicit labels<br>
    <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/Scripts/tm_2.ncl">http://ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/Scripts/tm_2.ncl</a><br>
    <br>
    -Karin<br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 02.02.18 um 15:51 schrieb Smith,
      Stuart via ncl-talk:<br>
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            morning Adam,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I
            wanted to follow up with some revisions to my script in case
            others wanted to use it, though there are still improvements
            to be made.  Listed below is a script that reads in a list
            of NetCDF files and joins them together to create a time
            series plot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">A
            time variable is defined, although all values are 0. This is
            something I wish to improve in the script, and have it print
            out dates instead of 0 values as shown below. If you have
            any suggestions on improvments to be made please let me
            know. Thank you for your time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Current
                    Print Output of data@time<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Goal
                    to print output of data@time<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">(3)     
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">(4)     
                    0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">(5)     
                    0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">(6)     
                    0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">(7)     
                    0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">(0)    
                     2009-03-01<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">(1)     
                    2009-03-02<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">(2)     
                    2009-03-03<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">(3)     
                    2009-03-04<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">(4)     
                    2009-03-05<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">(5)     
                    2009-03-06<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">(6)     
                    2009-03-07<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">(7)     
                    2009-03-08<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">;Time
            series plotting script<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">begin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">;Go
            to directory of interest <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">diri
            =
"/scratch/conte/s/smit1770/RRB_Test_Simulation/RedRiver/OUTPUT_8x6.1hr_2018/SURFACEMODEL/200903/"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">;list
            names of all of the files and add ful file path<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">fils
            = systemfunc("ls "+diri+"*.d01.nc") <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">  <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">;print(fils)  
            ; make sure the desired files are listed in the correct
            order<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">;read
            in all files  <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> a
            = addfiles(fils,"r")<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">ListSetType
            (a, "join")<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> 
            data = a[:]->vic_lake_depth_inst<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> 
            data@time=a[:]->time<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> 
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">   <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">  ;print(data)
            ;prints data values<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">  
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">  ;print(data@time);
            prints variable time, but all values are 0.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">  ;printVarSummary(data)   
            ; examine data array. Result is [ncl_join | 31] x
            [north_south | 32] x [east_west | 45]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> 
            data_aa = wgt_areaave(data,1.,1.,0)   ; Not applying any
            area-weight to the data<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> 
            ;print(data_aa)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> 
            wks = gsn_open_wks("png","timeseries")<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> 
            resplot = True<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> 
            restick = True<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> 
            restick@ttmValues=
            (/(/2009,3,1/),(/2009,3,15/),(/2009,3,31/)/)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">  
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">  resplot@tiMainString     
            = "March Water Depth";title name<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> 
            plot =
            gsn_csm_xy(wks,ispan(0,dimsizes(data@time)-1,1),data_aa,resplot)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">end<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">-Stuart
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
              style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
            Adam Phillips [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:asphilli@ucar.edu">mailto:asphilli@ucar.edu</a>] <br>
            <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 23, 2018 2:12 PM<br>
            <b>To:</b> Smith, Stuart <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:smit1770@purdue.edu"><smit1770@purdue.edu></a><br>
            <b>Cc:</b> Ncl-talk <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ncl-talk@ucar.edu"><ncl-talk@ucar.edu></a><br>
            <b>Subject:</b> Re: [ncl-talk] NCL Creating Time Series
            Plots<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal">Hi Stuart,<o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">Always remember to include ncl-talk in
              your reply, so that others can follow along and/or learn
              from the conversation in the future via the archives. <o:p></o:p></p>
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          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal">You sent along a printVarSummary of
              data:<o:p></o:p></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"
            style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Variable:
              data</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"
            style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Type:
              float</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"
            style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Total
              Size: 178560 bytes</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"
            style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">           
              44640 values</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"
            style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Number
              of Dimensions: 2</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"
            style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Dimensions
              and sizes:   [north_south | 992] x [east_west | 45]</span><span
              style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"
            style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Coordinates:</span><span
              style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"
            style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Number
              Of Attributes: 9</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"
            style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> 
              units :       m</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"
            style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> 
              standard_name :       vic_lake_depth</span><span
              style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"
            style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> 
              long_name :   vic_lake_depth</span><span
              style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"
            style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> 
              scale_factor :         1</span><span
              style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"
            style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> 
              add_offset :   0</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"
            style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> 
              missing_value :       -9999</span><span
              style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"
            style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> 
              _FillValue :  -9999</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"
            style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> 
              vmin :        -1e+15</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> 
                vmax :        1e+15</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
          </div>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
          </div>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal">It looks to me that NCL is
              concatenating your first dimension when the data is read
              in via addfiles, and thus indicates that each data file
              does not have a time dimension as part of
              the vic_lake_depth_inst variable. By default, addfiles
              will cat the leftmost dimension of all input files. But it
              can also be used to join the files together creating a new
              leftmost dimension. See example #2 here:<o:p></o:p></p>
          </div>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><a
href="https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/addfiles.shtml"
                moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/addfiles.shtml</a><o:p></o:p></p>
          </div>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
          </div>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal">Try this:<o:p></o:p></p>
          </div>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal"
              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> a
                = addfiles(fils,"r")</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"
              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">ListSetType
                (a, "join")       </span><o:p></o:p></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"
              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> data
                = a[:]->vic_lake_depth_inst</span><span
                style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"
              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">printVarSummary(data)</span><span
                style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
          </div>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
          </div>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal">Your data should now be read in
              correctly.<o:p></o:p></p>
          </div>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
          </div>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal">If you have any further questions
              please reply to the ncl-talk list.<o:p></o:p></p>
          </div>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal">Adam<o:p></o:p></p>
          </div>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
          </div>
        </div>
        <div>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 3:27 PM, Smith,
              Stuart <<a href="mailto:smit1770@purdue.edu"
                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">smit1770@purdue.edu</a>>
              wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
            <blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC
              1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in
              6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in">
              <div>
                <div>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Good
                      afternoon Adam,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Thank
                      you for the input. I’ve learned a lot. In the
                      example you provided, “data” was assumed to have
                      the variable time with the depth of water. In my
                      .nc files depth of water and time are not named in
                      the same dimension.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">As
                      a result I get the following message,
                      “fatal:(time) is not a named dimension in variable
                      (data). “  I tried to adjust the script by
                      assigning a time variable to the defined data
                      variable as shown below.  However, this was
                      unsuccessful. Any advice? Thank you for your time.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">begin</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">diri
                      =
"/scratch/conte/s/smit1770/RRB_Test_Simulation/RedRiver/OUTPUT_8x6.1hr_2018/SURFACEMODEL/200903/"</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">;fils
                      = systemfunc("ls *.<a href="http://d01.nc"
                        target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">d01.nc</a>")</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">fils
                      = systemfunc("ls "+diri+"*.<a href="http://d01.nc"
                        target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">d01.nc</a>")
                    </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">;print(fils)  
                      ; make sure the desired files are listed in the
                      correct order</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> 
                    </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> a
                      = addfiles(fils,"r")</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">  
                      data = a[:]->vic_lake_depth_inst</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">  
                      data@time=a[:]->time</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">  
                      ;time = a[:]->time    ; assuming variable name
                      is Depth_of_water</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">  
                      ;print(time)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">  
                      ;print(data)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">  
                      print(data&time)   ; check that the times read
                      in are correct</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">  
                      ;printVarSummary(data)    ; examine data array</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">  
                      data_aa = wgt_areaave(data,1.,1.,0)   ; Not
                      applying any area-weight to the data</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">  
                      wks = gsn_open_wks("png","timeseries")</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">  
                      res = True</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">  
                      res@tmXBMode          = "Explicit"              ;
                      explicit labels</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">  
                      res@tmXBValues        = time             
                               ; location of labels </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">   res@tmXBLabels       
                      = "Test"                ; labels themselves</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">  
                      res@tmLabelAutoStride = True                    ;
                      nice stride on labels</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">  
                      res@tiMainString      = "Explicit axis labeling";
                      title</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> 
                      ;plot =
                      gsn_csm_xy(wks,ispan(0,dimsizes(data&time)-1,1,data_aa,res)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> 
                      plot =
                      gsn_csm_xy(wks,ispan(0,dimsizes(data&time)-1,1),data_aa,res)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">end</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">-Stuart</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
                      Adam Phillips [mailto:<a
                        href="mailto:asphilli@ucar.edu" target="_blank"
                        moz-do-not-send="true">asphilli@ucar.edu</a>] <br>
                      <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 18, 2018 12:32 PM<br>
                      <b>To:</b> Smith, Stuart <<a
                        href="mailto:smit1770@purdue.edu"
                        target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">smit1770@purdue.edu</a>><br>
                      <b>Cc:</b> Ncl-talk <<a
                        href="mailto:ncl-talk@ucar.edu" target="_blank"
                        moz-do-not-send="true">ncl-talk@ucar.edu</a>><br>
                      <b>Subject:</b> Re: [ncl-talk] NCL Creating Time
                      Series Plots</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                  <div>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"
                      style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Hi
                      Stuart,<o:p></o:p></p>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">If
                        the files are sequentially named, you can use
                        addfiles to read all the files at once:<o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">begin<o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> 
                         fils = systemfunc("ls *.<a href="http://d01.nc"
                          target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">d01.nc</a>")<o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> 
                         print(fils)   ; make sure the desired files are
                        listed in the correct order<o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> 
                         a = addfiles(fils,"r")<o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> 
                         data = a[:]->Depth_of_water    ; assuming
                        variable name is Depth_of_water<o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> 
                         print(data&time)   ; check that the times
                        read in are correct<o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> 
                         printVarSummary(data)    ; examine data array<o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> 
                         data_aa = wgt_areaave(data,1.,1.,0)   ; Not
                        applying any area-weight to the data<o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> 
                         wks = gsn_open_wks("png","timeseries")<o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> 
                         res = True<o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> 
                         ...   ; set desired resources here<o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> 
                        plot =
                        gsn_csm_xy(wks,ispan(0,dimsizes(data&time)-1,1,data_aa,res)<o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">end<o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Note:<o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">1
                        - Make sure that the results from systemfunc
                        list the files that you want to read in in the
                        correct order.<o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">2
                        - You may very well want to area weight the
                        data, and this may have to be done by hand as I
                        do not believe a function exists that can do
                        that on an array with 2-dimensional
                        latitudes/longitudes. <o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">3
                        - There are lots of different resources that can
                        be set for timeseries, specifically for the
                        tickmarks. Review the examples here:<o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a
href="http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/xy.shtml" target="_blank"
                          moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/xy.shtml</a><o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a
href="http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/time_labels.shtml"
                          target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/time_labels.shtml</a><o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a
href="http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/tickmarks.shtml"
                          target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/tickmarks.shtml</a><o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Hope
                        that helps. If you have any further questions
                        please respond to the ncl-talk email list.<o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Adam<o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">  <o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> 
                         <o:p></o:p></p>
                    </div>
                  </div>
                  <div>
                    <p class="MsoNormal"
                      style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">On
                        Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 2:24 PM, Smith, Stuart via
                        ncl-talk <<a href="mailto:ncl-talk@ucar.edu"
                          target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">ncl-talk@ucar.edu</a>>
                        wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
                      <blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid
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                        <div>
                          <div>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"
                              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Good
                              afternoon,<o:p></o:p></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"
                              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"
                              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">My
                              name is Stuart, and I am research
                              assistant at Purdue University.. I tried
                              using the serach ncl-talk archives, but
                              received a “URL Not Found” message.<o:p></o:p></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"
                              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"
                              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I
                              am wanting to learn about generating time
                              series plots with .nc files. The .nc files
                              I have are daily timesteps (<a
                                href="http://200903250000.d01.nc"
                                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">200903250000.d01.nc</a>,
                              <a href="http://200903260000.d01.nc"
                                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">200903260000.d01.nc</a>).
                              I would like to plot the .nc files as a
                              spatially averaged(ex. Depth of water)
                               time series plot for an entire month. <o:p></o:p></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"
                              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"
                              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">The
                              dimension of time is 1,  as to be
                              expected. The dimension of the variable of
                              interest is 2 [north_south|32] x
                              [east_west |45]. My goal would be to
                              calculate the average value over this
                              area, and plot it with the appropriate day
                              to create the time series.<o:p></o:p></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"
                              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"
                              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Could
                              you please provide some examples of how
                              this problem has been solved in the past?
                              Thank you for your time.<o:p></o:p></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"
                              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"
                              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"
                              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                                style="color:#888888"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                            <p class="MsoNormal"
                              style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                                style="color:#888888">-Stuart </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                          </div>
                        </div>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"
                      style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><br>
                      <br clear="all">
                      <o:p></o:p></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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                      style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">--
                      <o:p></o:p></p>
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                                          <p class="MsoNormal"
                                            style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                                              style="color:#888888">Adam
                                              Phillips </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                                        </div>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                                            style="color:#888888">Associate
                                            Scientist,  Climate and
                                            Global Dynamics Laboratory,
                                            NCAR</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                                          style="color:#888888"><a
                                            href="http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/staff/asphilli/"
                                            target="_blank"
                                            moz-do-not-send="true">www.cgd.ucar.edu/staff/asphilli/</a>  
                                          <a
                                            href="tel:%28303%29%20497-1726"
                                            target="_blank"
                                            moz-do-not-send="true">303-497-1726</a>
                                        </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                                        <p class="MsoNormal"
                                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><br>
            <br clear="all">
            <o:p></o:p></p>
          <div>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
          </div>
          <p class="MsoNormal">-- <o:p></o:p></p>
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                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                    style="color:#888888">Adam Phillips
                                  </span><o:p></o:p></p>
                              </div>
                              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                  style="color:#888888">Associate
                                  Scientist,  Climate and Global
                                  Dynamics Laboratory, NCAR</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                            </div>
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                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                style="color:#888888"><a
                                  href="http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/staff/asphilli/"
                                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">www.cgd.ucar.edu/staff/asphilli/</a>  
                                303-497-1726 </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                              <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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